Ceremonial Dinner
The Ninth Annual Committee of 100 Leadership Scholarship Program (LSP) Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner will be held on December 16, 2014 at the Marriott Northeast Hotel Beijing.
Attendees of the Gala Dinner include C-100 members and industry leaders from all sectors both overseas and domestic, such as Executives from Fortune 500 companies, government representatives, partners and other stakeholders.
Launched by C-100 in 2005, the LSP is a scholarship program designed to help young Chinese reach their greatest potential. Since its inception, the LSP has recognized over 200 students for their outstanding achievements. The LSP program is part of C-100’s commitment to fostering educational and bilateral exchanges between the United States and China. Supporting the academic aspirations of today’s brightest youth will ensure that these bridges will continue to grow well into the future.
The Gala dinner will feature Tracey Chang, CCTV-News Anchor, as the host for the night and the keynote speaker will be Nicholas Platt, former US Amabassador, and President of the Asia Society in New York.
Keynote Speaker: Nicholas Platt, Former American Diplomat
Nicholas Platt served as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan, Philippines, Zambia, and as a high level diplomat in Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Japan. In 1972 he accompanied President Nixon on the historic trip to Beijing that signaled the resumption of relations between the United States and China. He was one of the first members of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing when the United States established a mission there in 1973. After a thirty four-year career as an American diplomat in Asia he served as the president of the Asia Society in New York City, and is now President Emeritus.
Master of Ceremonies: Tracey Chang, CCTV News Anchor
Tracey Chang is an anchor for CCTV news, the biggest and most influential network in China. Previously, she was a correspondent for CNBC Asia, based out of Hong Kong. She won the Miss New York USA titlein 2009, and represented New York in the Miss USA 2009 pageant in 2009. Chang attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana on a full academic Posse Foundation scholarship and graduated in 2006 with a major in Economics. She graduated with an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business in 2011.
iSING Performance
Since 2011, the iSING! Program, by C100 member Hao Jiang Tian as founder and artistic director, has drawn talented artists from across the globe to promote the vocal arts in China, and introduce Mandarin as a lyric language and Chinese vocal music as an emerging genre in the mainstream music world. iSING! offers a unique opportunity for Western singers to be exposed to the developing opera scene in China and provides Chinese vocalists access to quality training in Western-style opera. iSING artists will give a special performance for the LSP Gala Dinner.
Expected Attendees and Participants
Speakers and attendees include accomplished students, C100 members, and other community leaders.